Places for People has named the groundworks contractors appointed to a £246m framework divided into 13 regional lots across England and Scotland. Coinford Central and RJ McLeod secured the widest spread of places, each appearing on six of the 13 lots.
M&J Evans Construction and Houlihan & Co each picked up four lots. The other appointments include MV Kelly, Erith, Tamdown, O'Halloran & O'Brien and Chasetown Civil Engineering.
Scope of the packages
Work under the framework ranges from site clearance, bulk earthworks and foundations through to drainage, utilities, roads, sewers and external works.
Scottish packages extend further, covering house foundations through to completed in-situ concrete floors, plot drainage, retaining wall foundations and ducting for electric vehicle infrastructure.
Largest regional packages
Greater London is the biggest regional package at around £38m, followed by the South West — South lot covering Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset at £30m. East Anglia and the northern Home Counties account for a further £29m.
How the lots are divided
English lots include Yorkshire (South and West Yorkshire), Central West (West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire) and Central East (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire). Two South East lots cover, respectively, Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex, and Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex.
Three South West lots cover northern Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire; Berkshire, Hampshire and Dorset; and Bristol, Devon and Somerset. Scottish lots include the Central Belt and northern areas, one of them limited to the Aberdeen area.
Lineups on selected lots
- Yorkshire (South and West Yorkshire): JLC Groundworks, John Reilly Civil Engineering, M&J Evans Construction, MV Kelly, RJ McLeod and Westshield
- Central West (West Midlands, Staffordshire and Warwickshire): ATD Civils & Groundworks, Erith Group, Hilliard Civil Engineering (Nottingham), M&J Evans Construction, Manvers Main Construction and RJ McLeod
- London (Greater London): Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Fred Champion Groundworks, M&J Evans Construction, Renelec Groundworks and Tithegrove
- South West — West (Bristol, Devon and Somerset): Aeropark Developments, Coinford Central, Ford Civil Engineering, Hi-Acre Construction, Houlihan & Co and Renelec Groundworks
Several firms recur across the regional lists. ATD Civils & Groundworks, for example, holds places on the Central West lot, the Central East lot and one of the South East lots, while Erith, RJ McLeod and M&J Evans Construction also appear on multiple lots.